Living Waterfront

Orlando from the top and its countless lakes.

Living waterfront in Orlando: boat dock on a lakefront property

In the blocks around Lake Eola, just northeast of the Amway Center, the South Eola and Thornton Park neighborhoods are a business district by day, but by night the energy runs from low-key buzz to full-on rager, with speakeasys, cocktail bars, dance clubs and a color-changing fountain in the lake. Even if you’ve never been …

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The canals next to Las Olas bridge.

Rent out your dock in Fort Lauderdale for liveaboards? Check out rules and regulations for boats, docks and waterways of the Venice of America

Renting out docks in residential neighborhoods has long been illegal in Fort Lauderdale, but the city often looks the other way. Under the laws of the Venice of America city, private rentals and other commercial ventures at residential docks continue to be illegal. The city’s primary concern is increasing evidence of commercial intrusion into residential neighborhoods, …

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